SKATER

Walter Jakobsson

1882 - 1957

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Walter Andreas Jakobsson (6 February 1882 – 10 June 1957) was a Finnish figure skater, and the oldest figure skating Olympic champion (at age 38). As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911. In 1910, he partnered with German figure skater Ludowika Eilers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Jakobsson has received more than 26,531 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Jakobsson is the 35th most popular skater (up from 40th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Finland (up from 204th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Walter Jakobsson ranks 35 out of 483. Before him are Ard Schenk, Heinrich Burger, Helena Pilejczyk, Nancy Kerrigan, Willy Böckl, and Vera Ralston. After him are Lidiya Skoblikova, Gundi Busch, Herma Szabo, Anna Hübler, Andrée Brunet, and Emília Rotter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Walter Jakobsson ranks 169. Before him are Kyusaku Ogino, Rockwell Kent, Louis St. Laurent, Emmanouil Tsouderos, Manuel Goded Llopis, and Júlio Prestes. After him are Giorgio Abetti, Elisabeth Abegg, Ossip Bernstein, Wilhelm Nusselt, Osip Piatnitsky, and George Bancroft. Among people deceased in 1957, Walter Jakobsson ranks 143. Before him are Josephine Hull, Harald Sverdrup, Kulyash Baiseitova, Marie Vassilieff, Ernest Oppenheimer, and Arie de Jong. After him are Norma Talmadge, Ted Meredith, Wilhelm Nusselt, Mark Aldanov, Heinrich Campendonk, and Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Walter Jakobsson ranks 198 out of 751. Before him are Helena Westermarck (1857), Lydia Wideman (1920), Heikki A. Alikoski (1912), Ralf Törngren (1899), Julius Skutnabb (1889), and Harri Larva (1906). After him are Valtteri Bottas (1989), Lars Sonck (1870), Rudolf Walden (1878), Heikki Savolainen (1907), Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905), and Arvo Aaltonen (1892).

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Among SKATERS In Finland

Among skaters born in Finland, Walter Jakobsson ranks 2. Before him are Clas Thunberg (1893). After him are Kaija Mustonen (1941), Lassi Parkkinen (1917), Kiira Korpi (1988), and Laura Lepistö (1988).

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